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Jian Ding (丁健)

3×3 · top 34.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008DING02

Jian Ding (丁健) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.05, set at Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009, puts him in the top 34.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,269th in China. Across 6 competitions since August 2008, he has put 113 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.68 in August 2008 to 18.05, a 17% improvement. Jian has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.3% of 284,439 all-time
18.05
signature single · Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009
113
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.0520.02
top 34.3%12,269 / 28,153
4×41:04.801:13.77
top 41.6%3,979 / 5,926
5×51:52.652:00.04
top 44.4%1,938 / 2,816
7×76:19.366:31.66
early days — 3 solves1,107 / 1,261

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Shanghai Open 2008: 21.68Nanjing Open 2008: 18.83Qingming Festival Open 2009: 18.46Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009: 18.05Nanjing Open 2009: 20.64Nanjing Spring Open 2010: 18.9318.0521.6830 Aug 200825 Apr 2010

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.05 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 4.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.